Hey! great to see you back here. Don't know when you got back - my computer deep sixed and they took it away for 3 weeks and then gave it back to me unfixed (but they seemed to think it was - even though it still wouldn't boot) so they took it away again for another 3 weeks. So I haven't been around much. Anyway, nice to see you back.

Hi, Alan, good to hear from you. I rose from the grave about a month ago :)

Sorry you had to go without your computer for 3 weeks - ouch.

Since you're a jazz guy - this summer I started going to jazz clubs in NYC with some friends. We're trying to go once every two months or so. We saw Ravi Coltrane and his quartet at Birdland. He was AWESOME. Also saw Azar Lawrence at another club - he was also great. I've been re-listening to Art Blakey and picked up a few albums I'd never listened to before.

Drove home from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg a few weekends ago and listened to a ton of Lee Morgan. Don't know if you've ever listened to "Live at the Lighthouse" - it's from a gig he did in the 70's, and it's outstanding.